A New Jersey judge has revealed the secret to calling someone a "douchebag": Make it clear you're just kidding! That's why the Honorable Menelaos Toskos cleared the author of Hot Chicks With Douchebags of defamation.

Toskos, a New Jersey Superior Court judge, ruled that the women's photographs were "used for humorous social commentary" and that the book was "replete with obvious attempts at satirical humor." In his decision, he wrote that he had "carefully scrutinized" the work in question. We bet. The sad part of Toskos's decision: It comes too late to redeem the tired insult of "douchebag."